Garment-retaining device.



No. 882,445. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

' D. BASCH.

GARMENT RETAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT omnon.

DAVID BASOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARME T-RETAINING DEVICE.

In all whom it may concern:

' zentof the United States of America, and a residentuof New York city,county, and State, .-have invented certain'new and useful improvementsin a Garment-Retaining Device, "offwhicli the following is aspecificatiomrefqeren'ce being bad to the accompanying draw- Rings,forming a part thereof.

nMy invention relates'to .im rovements in a garment retaining device, anparticularly'to an improved waist band designed-for the.prhpose'ofkeeping a dress waist in position. it l\' y inventioncomprises a friction member anged to be disposed at the back'of theperson wearingthe article, an elastic member, connected thereto andforming a continuation thereof, for com )letely encircling the waist,said friction and elastic members together acting to cling to the lowerportion of the dress waist so to hold the same from riding up, and anon-elastic member arranged to be secured firmly around the waist of theperson, said non-elastic member being designed for the purpose ofholding the clastic and friction members in place upon the wearer.

My invention also consists in certain novel features of construction,particularly in con nection with the friction member, and to certainnovel combinations of parts as will hereinafter be fully set forth, and,in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, bodimentthereof, having reference to the ac companying drawings illustrating thesame, andwill then point out the novel features in 'claims- In thedrawings: Figure 1 is a, View in perspective of a waist band embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is'a viewshowing the same H cient of friction, orit citrtogether when the band is 'The member 16 is preferab y in theform of a will now proceed to describean em-.

Specification in Letteis Patent. ?atented March 17, 1908. Applicationfiled September 16, 1907. sen-a1 No. 392,988.

may be of hard rubber, metal, celluloid, or indeed anydesired 'material.In Fig. 4 is shown the preferred construction wheret-he material ofwhich the said member is composed is metal, celluloid or the like. Wheresoft subber is eminforced with meta lic end pieces 12, such metallic endpieces being suitably secured to-- the rubber as by eyelets 13,orotherwise, and

the said metallic end pieces may furtberbe connected together by meansof a band 14 constructed integrally therewith, as is shown in F ig. 3.The said metallic end pieces are provided with slots "23 for .t-hereception of elastic straps 15,'and alsofor th'ereception of thenon-elastic member '16. The bands 15 are preferably loo ed throu h thesaid slots 23, being provide well understood. At their extremities thesaid bands are provided with suitable fastening or attaching devices,such as books 18 and eyes 19, by which they may be connected placed inposition.

sim le tape which is threaded through the sair slots 23, thecentralportion of the tape passing to the rear of the friction member, all aswill be quite clear by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings. .The innerwalls of the slot 13 may conveniently be toothed, as shown at 20, inorder to prevent the tape or band 16 from slip ing.

In employing the device, the friction member 10 is first secured inposition at the back of the wearer by means of the ta e 16 which isbroughtround to the front 0 the'wearer and tied tightly. The elasticstraps 15 are then adjusted to the proper length in accordance with thesize of the wearers waist, and are then fastened together in front bymeans of the securing devices, the said straps being caused to be undera certain amount of tension. The friction member 10 will hold the dresswaist firmly from movement either up or-down or sidewise,'while theelastic mem ber comprising the straps 15, clingin as it r with bucliles17 by which theirjlengths may be adjusted, as will be will close to thebody, will have the ed'ect of i comprising a friction member, anelastic'belt straps secured to opposite ends of the friction memberscling to the garment, while the nonelastic member holds-the othermembers securely in position.

7 It will of course be understood that the construction, form and shapeof the friction member may be considerably varied. The fragmentary viewFig. 5 shows a form in which the \member as a whole is of flexiblerubber, a slot 21 being provided in the rubber itself, such slotcorresponding to the slots 23; of the other figures, an eyeletreinforcement 22 being provided to prevent the goods from tearing awayunder strain. I

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described forming a continuation thereof,and a nonelasticv band for securing said friction member and belt firmlyin position upon the wearer. l r

- 2. A device of the character described comprising a friction memberhaving a number of inwardly facing projections, elastic...

member 'and having devices by which they may be secured together attheir ends, and a non-elastic belt also connected with said frictionmember.

3. A device of v the" character described comprising a friction memberprovided "at its30 said slots, the central portion of said belt 7 beingarranged totherear of said friction member. t I 4. A device ;ot' the.character described comprising a friction memberhaving a plu-' rahty ofnwardly facmg pro ect1ons, and

provided at --its opposite ends with transverse slots, adjustableelastic straps loo .ed through the said slots, and provided at t 'el irouter ends with devices by which they may be secured together, and a nonelastic ta e threaded through the said slot-s, the mid 1e portion of thetape passing to the rear of said friction member, and the ends beingleft free, substantially as set forth. r

- DAVID BASCH.

Witnesses:

LYMeN S. ANDREWS, Jr., C. F. OARRINGTON.

